Dayadra Mandal,Kolkata;
The countdown to the results of the Lok Sabha elections has started. In 24 hours it will be clear who will be the government. First, the counting of the postal ballot will begin. After this, the votes recorded in the EVM will be counted.
Now the question arises, why is the number of postal ballot (ETPBS) counted first? This is the Election Commission's rules. In simple language, the number of ballot ballots is less and these are paper letters and it is easy to count them. At the same time there is no scope for any kind of matching.
Postal ballot papers are like ballet paper. Through this the voter uses his vote. But not everyone meets this The postal ballot provides voting facilities, duty duties and army personnel only. Apart from this no such facility is given. People living in preventive detention also use it.
The Election Commission has already decided the number of voters from the postal ballot. After this, such voters are sent through mail. For this, the postal ballot paper is scanned and this scan copy is sent and attached. For employees and military officers who do not have any electronic facility, they are sent ballot through postal service. If for some reason the voters do not use it or receive it then it returns to the sending address.
If you work for army or government or are deployed outside your state for duty of election or you have been placed in 'preventive detention'. Election Commission already decides the number of people who vote in the electoral college. After which the empty postal ballot is delivered electronically to the voters. It is called Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS). If the voter is a place where electronic methods can not be used then ballot is sent to the postal service. If for some reason the voter can not use it then the ballot returns.
Whatever elections were held in the country till the 80's, it was on ballet paper only. Candidates and names of nominees were printed in the ballot paper. Each voter was given a ballot paper at the polling booth given the election. Then the voter used to seal or postpone the names of the candidate's choice and the election symbol. Turned this ballot paper and put it in the ballot box placed there.
When all the votes were cast, this box was sealed by the election officer sealed to the Strong Room. In this process, there is a lot of expenditure under the supervision of hard work. At the same time, it was also very difficult to keep the ballot box, the ballot box. Not only this, the incidents of booth capturing were also heard. Bullet-paper voters used to pay too many voting incidents and use of ballet paper. After which the EC made changes in the system over time. In India, in 1982, Kerala used the first EVM on a polling booth. Since then, they are part of the election that has so far been made.
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